The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-22

Supreme Recorder w. F. Bohn. OF st.
Louis. reported total receipts at $l44,
372.S5; disbursements the same. in
Guiding balance on hand OF 81, 144.72.
The following is the total membership
or the fiscal year 1887:
Y o44
linnols. $50
Kansas. 1,12O
New 1,747
Ontario l, 1,503
Pennsylvania .....................,,, S41
Minnesota 356
Colorado. ............. 426
Michigan ...... 524
california. ....................... 652
Supreme. ....................... GA
The membership exhibit may be summa-
rized as follows:
Total number OF legions July, 1885. $50
Total number OF legons July, 1887. AIS
Net increase OF legions 14S
Total membership July, 1SS5....... 9,14S
Total membership July 1SS7.....12, ,317
Net increase of membership. ........... 3,169
The chief points for discussion were the re-
port OF the supreme commander, most OF
whose recommendations were adopted,
and amendments to the constitution, the
chief scope OF which were the strik ing off
of certain superHuous committees.
The election OF officers took place and re-
suited as follows, many OF the contests be-
ing exceedingly close Supreme command
r, George W. Reed, Topeka, Kan, re-
elected; supreme vice commander, Charles
Babst, Pittsburg, Pa; supreme lieutenant
commander, George w. Howard, Paris, ILL.,;
supreme recorder, r. E. Hill, Buffalo, n. Y;
supreme treasurer, w. R. Sheen. Lawrence,
Kan; supreme standard bearer,
Z. NJ. Reading, Sacramento, CAL;
supreme senior workman,O. H. Comfort,
= mi.
A. p. johnson, Omaha, Neb.; supreme
guard, F. Seniser, st. Louis, Mo-; supreme
trustee, Ed Gillis, New York, Y. Y; SUI
preme medical director, DR.. j. B. Hbben,
Kansas.
A resolution was passed thanking the
comrades Of Minneapolis and st. Paul for
She many courtesies extended, and also
thanking the Knights OF Pythias for the
Use OF their hall.
Most OF the business OF the order was
lone in secret, and is not yet disclosed
The members were the recipients OF many
,ourtesies in st. Paul
The streets OF St. Paul and Minneapolis
we're brilliantly Illuminated during the fair
week, attracting many thousands OF spec
sators. The spectacle was the finest ever
seen in the state.
"A DullJ ueSIO WSuU 70 Tie house OI 1 nom.
rs Kelly in Eureka, five miles from Farm
.ngton, and attempted to enter young
urls room for base purpose. He was ar
rested
Elk. Warden Reed, of the Minnesota state
prison, files his answer to the charges pre-
ierred against him, and makes counter
charges against Warden Stordock.
Governor McGill honoreda requisition
ssued on him by Gov. Rusk Of Wisconsin
10 secure the person OF one Lizzie Mackey
Of Eau Claire. The crime with which Liz
lie Mackey is charged is mayhem. She
got mixed up in a quarrel with another
woman in Eau Claire. and in q playful
mood bit off her ear.
Rev. Claude Roboteau, resident of St..
Louis and graduate from Crozier Theo-
logical seminary at Chester, Pa, has ac-
:epted the call extended by the Baptist
'hurch OF Red Wing.
The following patents have been granted
20 MINES otians: Minnesota: H. L. Earle,
Minneapolis steam boiler, also one for au-
tomatic grain scales; c. H. Freer, Blue
Earth City, strap buckle; c. E. haupt, ST..
Panl, car coupling; w. T. Horton and D. r
sieikin, Blue Earth City, cover for spring
bed bottoms; F. Peteler, Minneapolis. car
axle box, also one for drawbar and bump
.r; j. P. Race, St. Paul brake, shoe and
head; c. NJ. Stanchfield, st. Paul, compost
tion for softening printers ink; r. R. Itch
| enor and P. Walker, Henning, wagon and
gate.
Pensions granted to Minnesotians:
Widow OF T. Canty, Shakopee; original,
Lake Crystal; T. Larson, Glenwood; H.
Haman, Castle Rock; T. Anderson, Monti.
rello; B. F. Davis, Mankato; c. Smith,
Minneapolis; w. Pilgrim, Oakland; ].
Hall. Red Lake Falls.
At Princeton, Mile Lacs county, a young
man named Pierson was accidentally shot
while hunting. His companion raised his
gun to shoot duck and, on lowering it,
with his finger on the trigger, it was dis.
charged and the contents passed through
the abdomen OF Pisrson.
At Austin, Samuel Pinkham, aged fifty.
1--WE years. died suddenly in spasm.
A new society, called the Anti Treat
Society," was organized in st. Paul. The
bylaws OF the society are that no member
OF the ,rganizat tion shall treat or receive a
treat from any of the enrolled members oi
| anything.
The wife OF Postmaster McHugh, oi
Hastings, died suddenly of apoplexy at
Morris.
Thomas L. Bunne, for thirty years q
resident OF White Bear, Ramsey county
died at his resident near White Bear re
Gently.
The three-years term for which Rev
Robert Forbes was appointed to preside
over the Central Park Methodist church
has now almost elapsed. The new ap
pointee is Rev. DR.. Smith OF Buffalo, N. Y.
Sunday night the 18th inst, the boomers
| Of property all turned out and greeted Rev
Samuel G. Smith, OF the First Methodist
church, OF st. Paul, it having been an
nounced that he would preach a sermon to
real estate men. He gave them a good
talking to-
The outrage wave struck Brainerd or
the jaiing OF Ed Wilson for attempted as
sault upon Mrs. Carrie Courtney, wife OF a
settler living four miles north OF Wheelocl
station, in Cass county.
| At Wabasha, the school squabble ia vir
tually settled. 1t is held that the schoo
meeting held by the seven ladies and theil
election Of J. N. Murdock as school direct
or is contrary to law, and so illegal.
| Carl j. Zinke, aged nine years, was gored
by bull and killed on the farm OF G. Bro
sinsky of Antrim, Watonwan county.
| The particulars OF the recent shooting
Of Erwin Hall OF the town OF Miltona
Douglas county, by Edwin Trask, an old
man OF the same place. show that there
had been ill-feeling between the two on &C
count OF a lawsuit two years ago. The
bullet took effect in his breast, passed
through the right lung and lodged in the
muscles OF the back. He will probably die
Irask is in jail at Alexandria.
The buildings which are being erected by
the Dominican Fathers in South Mime
apolis promise to be valuable addition tc
the finer specimens OF Minneapolis church
architecture. The church will be the larg
est and probably the most imposing edifice
in the city.
The national convention OF the Polish
Alliance held it's session in st. Paul.
William Bickel, cashier OF the Germania
Bank Of st. Paul. has purchased OF the
administrators OF the estate OF W. F. Dav
dson one hundred feet square at the cor
aer OF Wabasha and Fifth streets for q
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